Lakewood Sheriff's Deputies win plane-pull trophies

LAKEWOOD — Here's an event to consider for the Olympics - pulling a 164,000-pound airplane.

On Saturday, Lakewood sheriff's station deputies took home two trophies in a massive plane pull competition and raised $1,000 for the Special Olympics.

The Lakewood Juggernauts, a 25-member team composed mainly of sheriff's station deputies, won Fastest Pull and 2012 Plane Pull Law Enforcement Champions trophies for pulling the massive airplane 12 feet in 8.2 seconds, said sheriff's station spokesman Lt. Dan Beringer.

Teams competed against each other by pulling a rope attached to the airplane's front wheels.

The team competed in the seventh annual plane pull competition, which was hosted by the Law Enforcement Torch Run. The event took place at Long Beach Airport and raised money for the Special Olympics of Southern California.

Each of the 30 entered teams had to raise a minimum $1,000 to compete.

This year was the first time the Lakewood Juggernauts competed, Beringer said.